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EP 595: Do Hard Things - Part 3

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Trail Runner Nation

Fitness, Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2022

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

This is the part 3 and final chapter by chapter review of Steve Magness' new book Do Hard Things - Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of REAL TOUGHNESS. We encourage you to buy the book and read along as we will have follow up episodes discussing the key points in each chapter. In this episode we discuss Chapters 1, 4, 8, 9, and 10

Steve Magness is a runner, coach and world-renowned expert on peak performance. He uncovers the science and helps us learn how to be better athletes and tougher people. Every runner and parent should read this book. It's that good.

Our guest hosts are Andy Jones-Wilkins and Krissy Moehl.

Hire Andy as a coach! or check out his weekly Tap Room at iRunFar

Learn more about Krissy, preorder her book and consider her coaching services HERE 

Transcript

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But I think that ultra-distance running does definitively make us tougher in the

0:08.0

magnus kind of way, which is making us vulnerable, making us have to plan for

0:13.4

discomfort, making us have to address, you know, understand the importance of

0:17.9

connections and relationships, and we're not going to do this ourselves. I mean

0:21.2

all of these themes that we've been talking about through all three of these

0:24.0

episodes, build toughness, and all of those come out of running ultra-marathons.

0:39.0

Welcome to the Trailhead of TrailRunner Nation, where we're going to go on a

0:42.8

virtual trail run today with a couple great guests, and we hope that you have

0:48.0

fun with it. If it's your first time, you are more than welcome. We love new

0:51.9

runners. We celebrate new runners. So lace up your shoes and let's go.

0:55.9

Today's run is with AJW, Chrissy Male, and our editor, Ryan War. We're going to

1:00.8

discuss the book Do Hard Things by our chapter by chapter review before, next

1:05.9

week, where we have the author on Steve Magnus. Come on for the run.

1:10.9

Scott, we're trail runners, and one thing that I hate doing is wearing a dress

1:15.5

shirt to the office. They're stiff, they're uncomfortable. They make you feel

1:19.2

like you're a mannequin, and we're not mannequins, Scott. Rone, R-H-O-N-E,

1:24.2

their commuter shirt has fixed the problem. Finally, there's a dress shirt that's

1:29.0

breathable and flexible, and it's the best dress shirt known to man. And here's

1:33.9

why. Well, Rone uses four-way stretch technology, which means you can move in

1:39.0

any position you want, or stay in a position, and it feels right. Their fabric fits

1:43.4

you. They also have this crazy stuff called gold fusion anti-order technology.

1:48.8

It means that it keeps your shirt smelling fresh all day long. And here's how

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